Perhaps this is just what the Kentucky men’s basketball team needs to end a three-game losing streak against Kansas.
The college basketball bluebloods meet Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, and ahead of the game, Lexington, Ky., Mayor Linda Gorton proclaimed Saturday to be “Beat Kansas Day” in the city.
That’s fine, right? It would seem there is nothing noteworthy about that until ... you take a closer look at the language of the proclamation.
It calls Rupp Arena “the greatest venue in all of college basketball with the sport’s most passionate fans.” That’s a not-so-subtle shot at Allen Fieldhouse, right?